Stage to Page半岛体育 Vault's Today In Theatre History: November 22Man of La Mancha opens in 1965 at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre.
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Richard Kiley and Ray Middleton in Man of La Mancha.
1937 and star in . Written by , the play deals with a pacifist whose industrialist family stands to profit from selling arms to Japan. It runs for 48 performances.
1949 is , a princess confined in her castle by a jealous monarch. stages the play.
1950 For just 30 nights audiences can experience . directs and stars in 's Restoration comedy at the Morosco Theatre.
1965 and live "The Impossible Dream" as their musical, , opens at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre. The pre-Broadway run stars people who also comprise the original Broadway cast including in the title role. His co-stars include , , , and . Future actors to play Don Quixote over the 2,328 performance run include , , , and .
1979 The official opening of Adelaide Court/Cour Adelaide in Toronto, Canada. The old York County Courthouse has been renovated at a cost of $2.3 million and houses the Adelaide Theatre and the Cort Theatre.
1994 The first day of business at the new theatre website 半岛体育 On-Line.
1998 George C. Wolfe's acclaimed Central Park revival of opens at the Gershwin Theatre, starring Perry Laylon Ojeda Robert Montano, Lea DeLaria, , and and Nora Cole.
1999 continues to foster up-and-coming playwright as her second production there, In the Blood, opens at the Shiva Theater. A modern-day Scarlet Letter, In the Blood follows an unmarried mother struggling to raise her children. It runs 32 performances. Two years later, Parks returns to to the Public with Topdog/Underdog, which earns her the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
2004 returns to the stage to direct his new play, A Second Hand Memory, about a family of misfits. Off-Broadway's hosts the premiere, which stars , , , and .
2009 The second Broadway engagement of opens at the Marquis Theatre, starring , , , and .
2013Regular Singing, the final work in 's The Apple Family Plays series, opens at The Public Theater on the day in which it is set, the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It stars , , , , , and .
2016 Food Network celebrity chef brings his live culinary show, , to Broadway for an eight-performance run. Billed as a "culinary variety show," the show combines songs, comedy, puppets, and food demonstrations.
More of Today's Birthdays: 1869. 1899. 1913. 1924. 1930. 1941. 1956. 1984.
Take a look through photos of Man of La Mancha from its original production, Broadway revivals, and regional stagings:
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Onward to Glory! A Photographic Celebration of Man of La Mancha
Onward to Glory! A Photographic Celebration of Man of La Mancha
On November 22, 1960, Man of La Mancha opened at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre with Richard Kiley and Joan Diener as Don Quixote and Dulcinea. It went on to win five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and run 2,328 performances. 半岛体育.com has gathered production photos from the original production, revivals, and some notable regional stagings.
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Richard Kiley in the original production of Man of La Mancha
Richard Kiley and Robert Middleton in the original production of Man of La Mancha
Somegoro Ishikawa and Leo Bloom in the original production of Man of La Mancha
Bernice Massi in the original production of Man of La Mancha
David Atkinson in the original production of Man of La Mancha
